2006-12-31 05:13:38 · 20 answers · asked by Kyle K 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Look at it this way. If you could see them, so could most predators. Then they wouldn't be baby pigeons for long.
2006-12-31 05:23:33 · answer #1 · answered by freebird 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
This question was already asked (and answered quite well by "pigeonguy") not too long ago...
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Pigeons are altricial birds, i.e., they stay in the nest until they can fly. Pigeon young are hatched at 18 days. They stay in the nest till they are about 30-35 days old. When they fly for the first time, you can often see them in flocks among the adults if you know what to look for. Young pigeons have little if any iridescence on the neck. They still often squeal when they chase their parents or other adult trying to con them into feeding them. Their feathers are a bit duller than the adults and their tail feathers often have a slight point to them - where the down was attached.
Pigeon young almost double their weight each day in the nest and pigeon parents feed them well. In fact, for about the first ten days, they actually feed them a "crop milk". It's not really milk as we think of in mammals -- it looks more like a cottage cheese they produce - but it is a high energy food and the youngsters (squeakers) grow fast and well on it. About 7-10 days into the nest period after hatch, the adults begin to add grain, seeds, whatever, to the food that they are giving the youngsters.
There are a lot of young pigeons out there at certain times of year and part of the fun of looking at a flock is to recognize which are young and which are adults.
If you want to find out more, you might want to also check a few sites like:
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http://www.angelfire.com/ga3/pigeongenet...
http://www.pigeon.org "
2006-12-31 05:18:28 · answer #2 · answered by merideathx 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
this situation is with each and every toddler chook:) whilst they arrive out of the shell, the birds dont have a completely developped physique with feathers or bones. The mom pigeon sits gentlly on the youngsters to furnish them the warmth temperature and the insurance those tiny toddlers require. This additionally protects them from the predators like crows. A pigeon has equipped a nest in my house window. each and every time i bypass to be sure the nest, the mother pigeon is on the nest and is there 24/7 no count what!
2016-11-25 02:58:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there are no babies, they are born as full grown adults.
Seriously, the only way you'd see them is if you knew someone who had a coop, and check out the nests. In the wild they usually nest in places like under bridges, high up and stay protected until they do look like adult, so you can't tell the difference.
2006-12-31 08:01:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When we lived in Brooklyn, NY a couple in our apartment complex was raising a baby pidgeon they found. It's the only one I ever saw in NYC so I know what you mean!
2006-12-31 05:16:16 · answer #5 · answered by cjm 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Do you see baby Hummingbirds, Mourning doves, Crows??? No because they all stay in the nest until they are basically fully developed at which time they are indistinguishable from the adults, its the same with pigeons.
2006-12-31 05:19:09 · answer #6 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well if you have ever raised any than you would see many of them. Once there were two pigeons and within ten years there were eighty of them. This is a true story, if released and not trained properly, they will take over!
2006-12-31 07:20:58 · answer #7 · answered by LADY ~ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you probably don't recognize them!!! rather like penguins in the movie march of the penguins, pigeons have a downy coating after hatching and don't look like adult pigeons at all! you've probably seen a lot of baby pigeons without knowing it! i have a pigeon nest right outside my kitchen window so i am speaking from experience. baby pigeons are cute as the dickens!
2006-12-31 05:23:33 · answer #8 · answered by habs_freak 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My late husband brought home a pigeon egg he found and put it in our white doves cage. When it hatched it was larger than 2 doves together but they were its Mothers. It was very ugly compared to the beautiful doves but they loved it and it took four doves to feed it. You probably don`t see them as they blend into their surroundings very well.
2006-12-31 05:20:29 · answer #9 · answered by Hamish 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://www.flickr.com/photos/torrie/122840501/
Here is a photo, This is a great question, Ive never thought about it but yea, where are all the baby pidgeons!
2006-12-31 05:18:07 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. CoCo 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋